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Joe Biden is president, because the sky is blue.

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Original Question

This is pretty basic, what fallacy is that?

Comments on Question

It's a category error, I think.

It's like "my car won't start because apples are red".

Answers

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It is not an argument as stated with premises; it is just a reason given. The reason could true or false, or somewhere in between. In this case, the reason is completely unrelated and does not at all explain the claim/fact. If we turned it into an argument we can say:


The sky is blue. Therefore, Joe Biden is president.


Now we can say it is a simple non sequitur .

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